Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or BWET?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and BWET +5,121.7%.

Which is cheaper, AVUS or BWET?

AVUS is cheaper, by 4.53 percentage points a year. That is about $453 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVUS vs BWET: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AVUS is an actively managed equity fund and BWET a commodity futures fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +18.0%.

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Net assets: $14.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis U.S. Equity ETF, and $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF.

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At a glance

+18.0%

AVUS total return, 1 year

+5,121.7%

BWET total return, 1 year

0.15%

AVUS expense ratio

4.68%

BWET expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUS costs 4.53 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5103.7 points; AVUS is far larger, $14.7bn against $186m.

AVUS vs BWET: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUS	BWET
Return
Measure	AVUS	BWET
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+5,121.7%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUS	BWET
Below its high		11.2%, high on Oct 8, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVUS	BWET
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Tanker freight futures
Cost and size
Measure	AVUS	BWET
Expense ratio	0.15%	4.68%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$14.7bn	$186m
Holdings
Measure	AVUS	BWET
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	84%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.0%

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Side by side

AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Avantis Breakwave

What it is Actively managed Holds tanker freight futures

Total return, 1 year +18.0% +5,121.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +4.7 pts vs IWV not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 4.68%

Holdings 1943 not counted

Net assets, AVUS as of Oct 27, 2026 and BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 $14.8bn $178m

AVUS and BWET on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AVUS

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000.

AVUS is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,943 positions, with the top ten at 30.0%.

BWET

Its expense ratio is 4.68%, for the year to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-K states.

BWET holds tanker freight futures. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +5,121.7% with distributions reinvested. It sat 11.2% below its high of Oct 8, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or BWET?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and BWET +5,121.7%.
Which is cheaper, AVUS or BWET?: AVUS is cheaper, by 4.53 percentage points a year. That is about $453 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

AVUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

Breakwave page for BWET ↗

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